FEM 2025 Sponsors

Main sponsor’s welcome

Agnico Eagle is a senior Canadian gold mining company that has produced precious metals since 1957. Its operating mines are in Canada, Finland, Mexico and Australia. The company is listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges.

The Kittilä Mine is the largest primary gold producer in Europe, employing 1,000 people, including contractors. We aim to create value for our stakeholders while minimizing environmental impacts and promoting the well-being and vitality of local communities. Sustainability is a core part of our strategy. By investing in new technologies, we are dedicated to reducing carbon emissions, improving energy efficiency, protecting biodiversity, and managing water resources sustainably. Collaboration with local communities is essential to us, and we strive to make long-term positive impacts in the areas where we operate.

Platinum sponsors

Tapojärvi – Expert in Sustainable Mining and Industrial Services: Tapojärvi is a family-owned company with 70 years of experience, specializing in mining services and industrial circular economy solutions. Operating in Finland, Sweden, Greece, and Italy, the company plays a key role in advancing sustainable industrial practices and enhancing resource efficiency. Tapojärvi leverages the latest technologies in underground and open pit mining operations. With state-of-the-art equipment and advanced digital solutions, Tapojärvi enhances safety, operational efficiency, and environmental sustainability. Innovations such as real-time monitoring systems and automated machinery techniques are reshaping mining processes and setting new standards for sustainable resource extraction.

Tapojärvi’s operations prioritize resource efficiency, reducing reliance on virgin raw materials, and maximizing the reuse of industrial by-products. Through circular economy innovations, Tapojärvi processes industrial by-products into certified products for construction, asphalt, and cement industries. At Tapojärvi, safety, responsibility, and continuous improvement remain at the core of every operation.

Boliden is a metals company focused on sustainable development. Our roots are Nordic, but our market is global. Our core competence lies in exploration, mining, smelting, and metal recycling. Boliden has around 6,000 employees and an annual turnover of SEK 80 billion. The share is listed in the large-cap segment on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm.

Boliden Kevitsa open pit mine is located 140 kilometers north of Rovaniemi in Sodankylä municipality in northern Finland. Kevitsa is a nickel – copper sulphide deposit with important gold, cobalt and platinum-group-metals by-product credits. In 2023, around 9.8 Mt of ore was mined and processed into nickel and copper concentrates. Metal production in 2023 was circa 10 000 tons of nickel and 20 000 tons of copper in concentrate.

Anglo American – Sakatti Project: Anglo American is a leading global mining company focused on the responsible production of copper, premium iron ore and crop nutrients – future-enabling products that are essential for decarbonising the global economy, improving living standards, and food security. Our portfolio of world-class operations and outstanding resource endowments offers value-accretive growth potential across all three businesses, positioning us to deliver into structurally attractive major demand growth trends.

Our integrated approach to sustainability and innovation drives our decision-making across the value chain, from how we discover new resources to how we mine, process, move and market our products to our customers – safely, efficiently and responsibly. Our Sustainable Mining Plan commits us to a series of stretching goals over different time horizons to ensure we contribute to a healthy environment, create thriving communities and build trust as a corporate leader. We work together with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock enduring value from precious natural resources for our shareholders, for the benefit of the communities and countries in which we operate, and for society as a whole. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.

Sokli Oy located in Savukoski, Northern Finland, Sokli is a globally unique mineral deposit. In addition to phosphate and iron reserves, Sokli contains a wide range of other raw materials and minerals, including rare earth elements (REE), manganese, vermiculite, niobium and copper.

These resources could significantly strengthen Finnish raw materials production and enhance Europe’s self-sufficiency in critical raw materials. Our current focus is on conducting a comprehensive assessment to explore the potential of the Sokli deposit and determine the sustainable and profitable mining operations. Sokli Oy is a subsidiary of Finnish Minerals Group, whose purpose is to maximise the value of Finnish minerals in a responsible manner. Finnish Minerals Group is a special-purpose company wholly owned by the State of Finland with a task to develop the mining and battery industry in Finland.

LKAB is an international mining and minerals group that offers iron ore, minerals and special products. We are committed to developing carbon-free processes by 2045, leading the transformation of the iron and steel industry. Since 1890 we have developed through unique innovations and technological solutions and are driven forward by more than 5,000 employees in 12 countries. In 2024, the LKAB group had sales of about SEK 33 billion.

Arctic Drilling Company Oy Ltd is the largest drilling company in the Nordics and was established in 2004. We ensure efficient, environmentally friendly drilling services with emphasis on safety, even in extreme conditions. ADC’s certified services, the best drilling equipment on the market, and a team whose skills have been honed through years of experience can effortlessly carry out tailored projects to match clients’ needs and schedules. With extensive experience, we are a reliable, long-lasting partner for both surface and underground drilling. Our specialty is the ability to provide cost-effective directional core drilling, solely executed by our own team. This creates flexibility, high quality, easy communication and comprehensive project management possibility in directional core drilling.

Gold sponsors

Rupert Resources is a gold exploration and development company with an operating base in Sodankylä in northern Finland and listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “RUP.” The Company is focused on making and advancing discoveries of scale and quality with high margin potential and low environmental impact. The Company’s principal focus is Ikkari, a 4Moz gold deposit in Northern Finland, one of the best new gold discoveries globally of the last decade, which was first drilled in 2020. In 2022 the company published a preliminary economic assessment for the project and plans to publish a Prefeasibility Study for the project in Q1 2025.

Epiroc is a vital part of a sustainable society and a global productivity partner for mining and infrastructure customers. We develop and provide innovative and safe equipment, such as drill rigs, rock excavation and construction equipment and tools for surface and underground applications. We also offer world-class service and other aftermarket support as well as solutions for automation, digitalization and electrification. Epiroc is based in Stockholm, Sweden, had revenues of SEK 50 billion in 2022, and has around 17 000 passionate employees supporting and collaborating with customers in around 150 countries.

Endomines is a Finnish mining and exploration company focused on gold. The company has a production site in Pampalo, Eastern Finland, and conducts exploration activities along the Karelian Gold Line. Additionally, Endomines holds rights to seven gold deposits in the United States. The company is listed on the main list of the Helsinki Stock Exchange under the symbol PAMPALO.

Endomines aims to develop the Karelian Gold Line into one of the world’s most significant responsible gold production areas. The area also contains EU-defined critical mineral, tungsten, and molybdenum. Endomines’ growth is based on utilizing known gold reserves along the Karelian Gold Line and verifying new mineral deposits. Endomines invests in active exploration, bringing new areas into production along the Karelian Gold Line, and promoting sustainability through an ambitious ESG program.

Viridien is an advanced technology, digital and Earth data company that pushes the boundaries of science for a more prosperous and sustainable future. With our ingenuity, drive and deep curiosity we discover new insights, innovations, and solutions that efficiently and responsibly resolve complex natural resources, digital, energy transition and infrastructure challenges.

Our integrated mining offerings empower more efficient, effective and responsible decisions with specialist geoscience advice, data and technologies across the mining life cycle. Our expertise covers mining geology, geophysics and geotechnical engineering and we leverage data science, machine learning, HPC and advanced sensor technologies to provide insights for mineral exploration, optimizing mine development, monitoring and improving the safety of mining infrastructure.

Canada Pavilion sponsor

The Canadian Embassy’s Trade Commissioner Service is a worldwide network of professionals in international business development, with preferred access to business knowledge and contacts, committed to advancing Canada’s interests.

We deliver services integral to helping clients make better business decisions in order to achieve their goals abroad. We strive to develop a trusted relationship with clients, being well-prepared to meet client needs and expectations, delivering quality and consistent service.

Silver sponsor

Aurion Resources Ltd. (Aurion) is a well-funded, Canadian exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V: AU) and the OTCQX Best Market (OTCQX: AIRRF). Aurion’s strategy is to generate or acquire early-stage precious metals exploration opportunities and advance them through direct exploration by our experienced team or by business partnerships and joint venture arrangements. Aurion’s current focus is exploring on its Risti and Launi projects, as well as advancing its joint venture properties with B2Gold and Kinross in Finland.

Comadev provides diamond core drilling and sampling services. We believe in continuous development, and our vision is to be the best partner in the industry. We have set our own strict standards to ensure we can deliver on this promise. Our extensive experience from diverse worksites and terrains makes us a reliable choice for demanding projects.

Bronze sponsor

The Keliber lithium project is located in Kaustinen and Kokkola, Finland, where it is currently building a concentrator and a lithium refinery. The project is expected to be the first integrated European producer of battery-grade lithium hydroxide from its own mineral reserves, and to supply the region’s battery industry with a critical raw material that is necessary to produce electric vehicles. 

The Keliber lithium project is owned by Sibanye-Stillwater (79.8%), a multinational mining and metals processing Group, and Finnish Minerals Group (20%), a state-owned company developing the value chain of lithium-ion batteries in Finland. For more information on the project, refer to https://www.sibanyestillwater.com/business/europe/keliber/. 

Oy Kati Ab is the first private company specializing in exploration core drilling in Finland. We bring more value to customers with our long experience, skilled employees and smooth cooperation, which has been our key to success in various challenging projects. Our goal is to deliver the best drilling services by using our knowledge, skills and highest sustainability standards.

Nordkalk Oy Ab. We contribute to a brighter tomorrow with our limestone, which nurtures the ground that feeds us, purifies the water we drink and the air we breathe, and is essential for several critical industrial processes, such as steel, pulp and paper. Our success is built on a solid limestone foundation, more than 125 years of history and on the expertise of our 800 people. We are the leading limestone company in Northern Europe, with a significant presence in Central Europe. With operations in more than 30 locations in Europe, we are always near our customers. Our owner is UK-based SigmaRoc PLC.